Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/26/2012

This page lists DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average) for total defense
as well as rushing and passing defense separated. The DVOA system is explained
here. All numbers below are
adjusted to an average schedule of opponents and an average percentage of
fumbles recovered by the defense. The exceptions are the three
columns marked NON-ADJUSTED. Rushing includes all rushing, not just running backs.

LAST YEAR represents 1998 rank. WEIGHTED DEFENSE is adjusted so that earlier games in the season become gradually
less important. It better reflects how the team was playing at the end of the
season.

VARIANCE measures the statistical variance of the
team's weekly DVOA performance. Teams are ranked from most consistent (#1, lowest variance) to
least consistent (#28, highest variance). SCHEDULE represents the average
offensive DVOA of all opponents, with teams ranked from hardest schedule to
easiest schedule.

Remember, since positive numbers represent more scoring, defense is better when
it is NEGATIVE.

TEAM

DEF.DVOA

LASTYEAR

WEIGHTEDDEFENSE

RANK

PASSDEF.

PASSRANK

RUSHDEF.

RUSHRANK

NON-ADJUSTED

VAR.

RANK

SCHED

RANK

TOTAL

PASS

RUSH

1

BAL

-20.8%

13

-23.1%

1

-21.7%

2

-19.5%

2

-20.2%

-22.0%

-17.4%

7.2%

22

0.6%

14

2

TB

-19.4%

7

-19.7%

2

-32.2%

1

-0.4%

23

-18.1%

-28.6%

-2.6%

8.8%

27

0.0%

15

3

STL

-13.5%

14

-12.7%

4

-10.9%

5

-17.9%

3

-18.4%

-17.2%

-20.5%

2.2%

2

-6.4%

31

4

PHI

-11.1%

25

-13.1%

3

-12.9%

3

-9.4%

11

-11.3%

-11.4%

-11.3%

5.6%

13

1.4%

9

5

MIA

-9.4%

1

-9.0%

6

-5.0%

9

-14.4%

6

-7.3%

-3.3%

-11.9%

7.9%

23

3.2%

3

6

JAC

-9.4%

19

0.9%

16

-4.3%

11

-16.5%

5

-13.3%

-12.4%

-14.5%

8.3%

25

-3.9%

28

7

SD

-8.2%

2

-3.7%

13

6.3%

19

-25.7%

1

-2.7%

14.3%

-23.2%

6.6%

19

4.5%

1

8

SEA

-8.1%

8

-6.7%

8

-12.8%

4

-2.8%

20

-6.5%

-10.3%

-2.3%

6.1%

16

2.1%

6

9

KC

-7.5%

17

-9.7%

5

-4.3%

10

-11.8%

9

-7.9%

-3.8%

-13.3%

2.8%

5

-0.6%

21

10

DEN

-6.9%

20

-8.9%

7

-8.6%

6

-5.1%

16

-5.2%

-3.5%

-6.9%

11.8%

29

2.2%

4

11

OAK

-5.6%

3

-4.8%

11

-8.1%

7

-2.4%

22

-4.2%

-4.5%

-3.9%

4.4%

9

1.6%

7

12

BUF

-4.9%

15

-4.8%

12

1.9%

14

-12.8%

8

-7.2%

-1.2%

-14.3%

5.8%

14

-1.5%

25

13

DAL

-4.6%

24

-5.4%

9

-3.3%

12

-6.2%

14

-8.2%

-7.6%

-9.0%

4.5%

10

-4.5%

30

14

NYJ

-3.0%

4

-5.3%

10

-6.1%

8

0.9%

25

0.1%

-0.4%

0.6%

6.9%

21

3.4%

2

15

PIT

-2.4%

11

5.1%

22

-2.2%

13

-2.7%

21

-2.5%

-4.7%

-0.3%

13.0%

31

0.8%

13

16

NE

-2.4%

9

-2.1%

14

5.9%

18

-10.7%

10

-3.6%

4.2%

-11.3%

3.6%

7

-0.4%

18

TEAM

DEF.DVOA

LASTYEAR

WEIGHTEDDEFENSE

RANK

PASSDEF.

PASSRANK

RUSHDEF.

RUSHRANK

NON-ADJUSTED

VAR.

RANK

SCHED

RANK

TOTAL

PASS

RUSH

17

DET

-0.4%

23

0.2%

15

4.5%

16

-7.6%

13

2.6%

9.5%

-7.3%

8.6%

26

2.1%

5

18

GB

-0.2%

6

4.4%

20

5.5%

17

-5.9%

15

-1.7%

4.2%

-7.6%

4.7%

11

-0.8%

22

19

NYG

1.3%

10

3.6%

18

18.1%

27

-16.9%

4

0.8%

15.4%

-14.8%

8.3%

24

-1.2%

23

20

TEN

4.2%

27

4.0%

19

17.7%

25

-14.0%

7

0.9%

10.7%

-12.3%

6.2%

17

-3.8%

27

21

CHI

4.9%

22

5.9%

23

13.1%

22

-4.9%

17

7.5%

18.5%

-5.8%

2.3%

3

1.5%

8

22

ARI

5.0%

26

10.7%

25

2.3%

15

7.3%

30

5.2%

1.5%

8.3%

6.9%

20

-0.5%

19

23

MIN

6.0%

18

1.1%

17

16.5%

24

-8.4%

12

6.0%

18.1%

-10.4%

5.2%

12

-0.5%

20

24

WAS

7.1%

28

4.4%

21

8.2%

20

5.8%

28

4.6%

4.8%

4.5%

3.9%

8

-4.2%

29

25

NO

8.8%

12

17.9%

29

10.5%

21

7.0%

29

10.1%

13.1%

6.9%

9.2%

28

1.3%

10

26

IND

9.1%

29

10.2%

24

16.2%

23

0.2%

24

7.1%

14.1%

-1.5%

6.0%

15

-1.4%

24

27

ATL

9.4%

5

10.9%

26

17.9%

26

1.1%

26

9.7%

15.9%

3.7%

6.4%

18

-0.1%

16

28

CAR

16.0%

21

16.5%

28

25.4%

28

5.8%

27

14.4%

21.3%

6.8%

1.9%

1

-2.8%

26

29

CIN

16.6%

30

15.8%

27

34.7%

30

-3.2%

19

15.9%

31.8%

-1.4%

3.6%

6

1.2%

12

30

SF

20.4%

16

26.2%

31

41.7%

31

-4.5%

18

23.4%

46.6%

-3.6%

12.9%

30

1.2%

11

31

CLE

22.2%

X

21.5%

30

27.8%

29

17.8%

31

22.4%

27.6%

18.2%

2.5%

4

-0.4%

17

1999 DEFENSE vs. TYPES OF RECEIVERS

1999 season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/26/2012

DVOA ratings represent value from the point of view of the defense,
not fantasy football players, and include items that have no impact on fantasy football
(such as how many interceptions are caught on passes intended to certain receivers).
DVOA of defense against receivers does not include sacks or passes with no
intended receiver listed. Passes per game and yards per game are more useful for
fantasy football players. These numbers are adjusted based on the opposing offenses
and include defensive pass interference.

Note that our decision of which receiver is 'number one' and which receiver
is 'number two' is somewhat subjective. Teams are ranked in order of general
passing defense DVOA.